Improvement in stove-legs



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'Stove-Leg.

No. 215,472. Patented May 20,1879.

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Stove-Legl I No. 215,472. 'Pate-med May 20,1879.

.\'.PErERs, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASMNGTON. D G

UNITED STATES 'PATENT Onr'ron.

CHARLES M. MORRIS, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT `IN STOVEL EG,S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,472, dated May 20,1879 application filed March 28, 1879.

' To all` whom it may concern:

of New York, have invented a new and valu` able Improvement in Means forAttaching Stove-Legs; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the-construotion and operation otthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthere- Figure l is a side elevation, of my invention, with thebase-plate of the stove in section, taken on line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 2is an under-side plan View ot' the base-plate, showing the position ofthe stove-leg when secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of theleg and rim of the base-plate. Fig. 4 is a topplau view of the leg,partly in broken section. Fig. 5 is an ,under-side plan view of aportion of the base-plate, showing the locking-lugs to which the leg` issecured. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of Fig. 5 taken on line .fr fr; andFig. 7 is an underside plan view of the base plate and leg, partly insection, showing the position of the leg previous to its being turned inlocking-contact with the lugs.

This invention is an improvement upon that class of detachablestove-legs adapted to eugage with overlapping flanges or lugs upon thebase-plate of the stove, and be held in place by a suitable lockingdevice.

The object of the present invention is to simplify the means ofattaching the stove-legs to the'base-plate, so as to render them irm andrigid, and not easily disconnected in lifting or moving the stove, aswill be hereinafter more fully described, and subsequently pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a section of a base-plate ofa stove cast or otherwise formed with lugs a; or it' desired the lugsmay be made separately, and afterT ward secured to the plate by anysuitable means.

The inner faces of the lugs a are inclined downwardly and inwardly fromthe upper face of the base-plate, and at the same time are inclinedoutwardly in a horizontal section so as to be tangential, or nearly so,to the cir- 'cle of the inner ends or faceof the lugs; or,

in other words, the lugs are overhanging, so that when the ears b are inposition to be locked by the bar D the lugs will prevent the leg fromdropping out when the stove is lifted, as will be more fully understoodby reference toFigs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

The foot or leg B may be of' any desired form and style ofornamentation, and is cast or otherwise provided with a head, C, havingears b, the ends or edges of which are inclined, as shown at c, saidinclination corresponding with the incline upon the lugs e, so that whenthe head O is iu the position as illustrated in Fig. 7, and turned in adirection indicated by the arrows, the ears will wedge themselvestightly against the inner faces of thelugs, and be held in contacttherewith by a pivoted locking-bar7 D, secured to the under side of thebase-plate A, the free end bearing against the `head C.

The leg B is formed with an inclined or V* `shaped tooth, d, upon thatportion of the legv coming iu cont-act with the outer rim of thebase-plate A, which engages with a correspondingly-formed recess, c,upon said rim,

and secures the leg from lateral displacement.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The base-plate A, having overhan gin g inclined lugs a, arranged asdescribed, in combination with the leg B, formed with head C andinclined ears b, and a suitable locking device for preventing the headfrom turning, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The base-plate A, with overlapping` inclined lugs a and pivotedlocking-bar D, in combination with the leg B, having inclined ears b,constructed to engage with the lugs a, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The base-plate A, having overlappinginclined lugs a., recess c, andlocking-bar D, in combination with leg B, having head O, inclined earsb, and tooth d, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses. y OHAS. M. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

NAT. E. OLIPHANT, GEO. R. PORTER.

